1.Required number of books (1 for regular, 3 for honors) as per Social Studies department requirements.
2.Any book a student may want to read but is not on this list must be cleared with teacher BEFORE the end of the school year. THE BOOK MUST BE RELEVANT TO COURSE TOPICS.
3.Evaluation of student reading will be based on appropriate rubrics that will be supplied before the end of school year.
4.Books can be found at Barnes & Noble stores
RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR ECONOMICS:
(1)ARMCHAIR ECONOMIST - ECONOMICS AND EVERYDAY LIFE by Steven E. Landsburg
(2)AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE by David Bach
(3)ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON : THE SHORTEST AND SUREST WAY TO UNDERSTAND BASIC ECONOMICS by Henry Hazlitt
(4)FAST FOOD NATION : THE DARK SIDE OF THE ALL-AMERICAN MEAL by Eric Schlosser
(5)FREAKONOMICS : A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Steven Levitt
(6)RICH DAD, POOR DAD by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter
(7)SUPERCAPITALISM : THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUSINESS, DEMOCRACY,AND EVERYDAY LIFE by Robert B. Reich
(8)THE STORY OF SALT by Mark Kurlansky
(9)THE BIG THREE IN ECONOMICS : ADAM SMITH, KARL MARX AND JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES by Mark Skousen
(10)THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR by Thomas J. Stanley and William Danko
(11)THE WEALTH OF NATIONS by Adam Smith
(12)THE WORLD IS FLAT : A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Thomas L. Friedman
(13)TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY : AN ECONOMIST EXAMINES THE MARKETS, POWER, AND POLITICS OF WORLD TRADE by Pietra Rivoli
BOOK FOR GOVERNMENT
A)U.S. History: Revolutionary period/Constitutional Convention
1.Miracle at Philadelphia: History of the Constitutional Convention (Catherine Drinker-Bowen)
2.Young Patriots- Hamilton and Madison (Cerami)
3.Decisions in Philadelphia: the Constitutional Convention (Collier & Collier)
4.Founding Brothers- The Revolutionary Generation (Ellis)
5.American Creation- Triumph and Tragedy at the Foundation of the Republic (Ellis)
6.1776 (McCullough)
7.The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the U.S. Constitution (Harper)
8.The Words We Live By- Annotated U.S. Constitution (Monk)
9.Origins of The Bill of Rights (Levy)
10.In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action (Alderman & Kennedy)
B)War on Terror/National Defense/War in Iraq – Afghanistan
1.Generation Kill (Wright)
2.Shooter (Coughlin & Kuhlman)
3.Hunting the Jackal (Waugh)
4.Jar Head (Swofford)
5.The Iraq War (Keegan)
6.We Were One (O’ Donnell)
7.Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green (Rico)
8.God’s Terrorists- Roots of Modern Jihad (Allen)
C)Political Biographies
1.John McCain: An American Odyssey
2.Faith of My Fathers (McCain)
3.Obama- From Promise to Power (Mendell)
4.The Audacity of Hope (Obama)
5.Living History (Hillary Clinton)
6.A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Clinton (Bernstein)
D)Miscellaneous
1.Charlie Wilson’s War (Crile)
-U.S. aid to Afghanistan fighters during Soviet Union Invasion
2.All The President’s Men (Woodward & Bernstein)
-President Nixon – Watergate Scandal & the Newsmen who broke the story
3.13 Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Robert Kennedy)
4.The Middle East for Dummies (Davis)
5.Mudslingers: 25 Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time (Swint)
6.Oil on the Brain (Margonelli)
-History of Oil Production/U.S. Dependency on Foreign Oil/Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy
7.U.S. Presidents for Dummies (Stadelmann)
8.Supreme Court (Rosen)
AP U.S. GOVERNMENT
As part of the Montour High School literacy initiative, during the summer, each student in AP US Government must read three books from the following list (your choice):
Book Author The Future Is up to Us Nelson Peery What Every American Should Melissa Rossi Know about Who's Really Running America It Ain't Necessarily So: How Dave Murray/ The Media Remake Our J. Schwartz/ Picture of Reality S. R. Lichter The Conservative Nanny State: Dean Baker How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer The World Split OpenRuth Rosen Nixonland: The Rise of a Presidentand the Fracturing of AmericaRick Perlstein All the President's MenBob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Upon returning to school next fall, you will be given a task that will show that you read and comprehended the books that you chose.
12th Grade Summer Reading List
1. Required number of books (1 for regular, 3 for honors) as per Social Studies department requirements.
2. Any book a student may want to read but is not on this list must be cleared with teacher BEFORE the end of the school year. THE BOOK MUST BE RELEVANT TO COURSE TOPICS.
3. Evaluation of student reading will be based on appropriate rubrics that will be supplied before the end of school year.
4. Books can be found at Barnes & Noble stores
RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR ECONOMICS:
(1) ARMCHAIR ECONOMIST - ECONOMICS AND EVERYDAY LIFE by Steven E. Landsburg(2) AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE by David Bach
(3) ECONOMICS IN ONE LESSON : THE SHORTEST AND SUREST WAY TO UNDERSTAND BASIC ECONOMICS by Henry Hazlitt
(4) FAST FOOD NATION : THE DARK SIDE OF THE ALL-AMERICAN MEAL by Eric Schlosser
(5) FREAKONOMICS : A ROGUE ECONOMIST EXPLORES THE HIDDEN SIDE OF EVERYTHING by Steven Levitt
(6) RICH DAD, POOR DAD by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter
(7) SUPERCAPITALISM : THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUSINESS, DEMOCRACY,AND EVERYDAY LIFE by Robert B. Reich
(8) THE STORY OF SALT by Mark Kurlansky
(9) THE BIG THREE IN ECONOMICS : ADAM SMITH, KARL MARX AND JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES by Mark Skousen
(10) THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR by Thomas J. Stanley and William Danko
(11) THE WEALTH OF NATIONS by Adam Smith
(12) THE WORLD IS FLAT : A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Thomas L. Friedman
(13) TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY : AN ECONOMIST EXAMINES THE MARKETS, POWER, AND POLITICS OF WORLD TRADE by Pietra Rivoli
BOOK FOR GOVERNMENT
A) U.S. History: Revolutionary period/Constitutional Convention1. Miracle at Philadelphia: History of the Constitutional Convention (Catherine Drinker-Bowen)
2. Young Patriots- Hamilton and Madison (Cerami)
3. Decisions in Philadelphia: the Constitutional Convention (Collier & Collier)
4. Founding Brothers- The Revolutionary Generation (Ellis)
5. American Creation- Triumph and Tragedy at the Foundation of the Republic (Ellis)
6. 1776 (McCullough)
7. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the U.S. Constitution (Harper)
8. The Words We Live By- Annotated U.S. Constitution (Monk)
9. Origins of The Bill of Rights (Levy)
10. In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action (Alderman & Kennedy)
B) War on Terror/National Defense/War in Iraq – Afghanistan
1. Generation Kill (Wright)
2. Shooter (Coughlin & Kuhlman)
3. Hunting the Jackal (Waugh)
4. Jar Head (Swofford)
5. The Iraq War (Keegan)
6. We Were One (O’ Donnell)
7. Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green (Rico)
8. God’s Terrorists- Roots of Modern Jihad (Allen)
C) Political Biographies
1. John McCain: An American Odyssey
2. Faith of My Fathers (McCain)
3. Obama- From Promise to Power (Mendell)
4. The Audacity of Hope (Obama)
5. Living History (Hillary Clinton)
6. A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Clinton (Bernstein)
D) Miscellaneous
1. Charlie Wilson’s War (Crile)
- U.S. aid to Afghanistan fighters during Soviet Union Invasion
2. All The President’s Men (Woodward & Bernstein)
- President Nixon – Watergate Scandal & the Newsmen who broke the story
3. 13 Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis (Robert Kennedy)
4. The Middle East for Dummies (Davis)
5. Mudslingers: 25 Dirtiest Political Campaigns of All Time (Swint)
6. Oil on the Brain (Margonelli)
- History of Oil Production/U.S. Dependency on Foreign Oil/Impact on U.S. Foreign Policy
7. U.S. Presidents for Dummies (Stadelmann)
8. Supreme Court (Rosen)
AP U.S. GOVERNMENT
As part of the Montour High School literacy initiative, during the summer, each student in AP US Government must read three books from the following list (your choice):Book Author
The Future Is up to Us Nelson Peery
What Every American Should Melissa Rossi
Know about Who's Really
Running America
It Ain't Necessarily So: How Dave Murray/
The Media Remake Our J. Schwartz/
Picture of Reality S. R. Lichter
The Conservative Nanny State: Dean Baker
How the Wealthy Use the
Government to Stay Rich and Get
Richer
The World Split Open Ruth Rosen
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America Rick Perlstein
All the President's Men Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Upon returning to school next fall, you will be given a task that will show that you read and comprehended the books that you chose.